Astra (US psychedelic/progressive)

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Founded in San Diego, USA in 2001 ( until 2006 as "Silver Sunshine")

Richard Vaughan (guitar, vocals), Conor Riley (guitar, keyboards, vocals) and Stuart Sclater (bass) are aboard since the beginning in 2001. The predecessor band had released one EP and a full album until founding member Iain Andrew Sclater (drums) decided to leave in 2006. After much discussion they arrived at a decision to continue under the new name ASTRA.

This came along with some changes for the sound and line-up. Drummer/multi-instrumentalist David Hurley joined soon. The band began to record some demo songs and toured the west coast of the US. Guitar wizard Brian Ellis finally completed the ASTRA line-up and the band was ready to produce the debut album 'The Weirding' which was released on Rise Above Records in May of 2009.

ASTRA stands for progressive rock music with psychedelic roots. The sound also incorporates heavy rocking as well as symphonic organ and mellotron infected elements. Based on a skilled songwriting this is presented in a rather 70s retro style including some long tracks showing jamming parts where the band members let the music flow and evolve.

Annotation last modified on 2018-12-09 10:39 UTC.

Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2009The WeirdingAstra3.652
2012The Black ChordAstra41

EP

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2010Astra / DiagonalAstra / Diagonal1

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